The Emissary
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The Emissary is a dystopian novel by Yoko Tawada that imagines a post-disaster Japan where aging and youth are inverted, exploring themes of language, isolation, and resilience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Emissary canonical | 6 |
| "The Emissary" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2510137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emissary Context triple: [Yoko Tawada, notableWork, The Emissary]
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A.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
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B.
The Sentinel
"The Sentinel" is a seminal science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that helped inspire the concept and themes of his later work "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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C.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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D.
Servant of the Secret Fire
Servant of the Secret Fire is a mystical title borne by Gandalf in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, signifying his role as a divine emissary empowered by the sacred creative flame of Eru Ilúvatar.
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E.
The Nomad
"The Nomad" is a music release by Australian actor and occasional musician Guy Pearce, showcasing his work as a recording artist beyond his film career.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Emissary Target entity description: The Emissary is a dystopian novel by Yoko Tawada that imagines a post-disaster Japan where aging and youth are inverted, exploring themes of language, isolation, and resilience.
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A.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
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B.
The Sentinel
"The Sentinel" is a seminal science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that helped inspire the concept and themes of his later work "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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C.
The Exile
"The Exile" is the common English title of Surah Al-Hashr, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on the expulsion of certain groups from Medina and emphasizes God’s power, justice, and beautiful names.
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D.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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E.
Servant of the Secret Fire
Servant of the Secret Fire is a mystical title borne by Gandalf in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, signifying his role as a divine emissary empowered by the sacred creative flame of Eru Ilúvatar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Yoko Tawada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
adaptation to environmental change
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biological fragility of youth ⓘ limits of communication ⓘ national isolation ⓘ post-apocalyptic society ⓘ unexpected vitality of the elderly ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacter |
Mumei
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Yoshiro ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasForm | short novel ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
lyrical prose
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minimalist narrative ⓘ surreal elements ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Japanese literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
depicts children as frail and elderly as robust
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explores decay and transformation of language ⓘ portrays a closed-off, isolationist Japan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Kentōshi ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| setting | post-disaster Japan ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
life in a damaged future Japan
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political and cultural isolation of Japan ⓘ relationship between body and environment ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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environmental catastrophe ⓘ family relationships ⓘ intergenerational bonds ⓘ inversion of aging and youth ⓘ isolation ⓘ language ⓘ resilience ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translator | Margaret Mitsutani ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Emissary Description of subject: The Emissary is a dystopian novel by Yoko Tawada that imagines a post-disaster Japan where aging and youth are inverted, exploring themes of language, isolation, and resilience.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Emissary